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A Touch of Switzerland in the Ozarks By Laura L. Valenti
Douglas County, Mo., dairy farm makes its own brand of cheeses
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It is a long journey from Switzerland to the Ozarks, but it is a trip Adrian Buff of Ava, Mo., has made more than once. His parents, Heinz and the late Vroni Buff, moved to Southwest Missouri when Adrian was only 7 years old. “They were looking for a place with less regulation, a more affordable place to purchase and operate a dairy farm,” Adrian explained. Today, the Buff family, including Adrian and two of his sisters, Sandra and Kathrin, continues to milk more than 100 Holstein and Brown Swiss dairy cows on their 330-acre Grison Dairy and Creamery in rural Douglas County. When he was 20, Adrian accepted a three-year apprenticeship and returned to Switzerland to learn the art of Swiss Adrian Heinz moved to the U.S., with his family cheesemaking. Afterward, as a child, but returned to Switzerland to learn he returned to the United the art of cheesemaking. States, working on a dairy farm and creamery in Hawaii and also in Illinois, be“Grisontaler, a raw milk Swiss-style fore returning to Missouri. cheese, has a sweet, nutty flavor Adrian makes Grisonand is originally modeled after taler and Ozark Mutschli the Emmentaler from Switcheeses. The name, Grison, zerland. It’s aged over three comes from their original remonths.” Adrian explained. Ava, Mo. gion of Switzerland and now “The Ozark Mutschli graces both their farm and cheese is a mild, creamy cheese operation. type, an Alpine-style cheese.
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JUNE 8, 2020
